NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 25 — The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) will next week advertise more than 34,000 teacher promotion vacancies, while transitioning 20,000 Junior Secondary School (JSS) teachers to permanent and pensionable terms as part of efforts to strengthen the country’s education sector.

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The announcement was made by TSC Chairperson Dr. Jamleck Muturi during the 40th anniversary celebrations of St. George’s Girls Secondary School in Nairobi on Friday, where Education Cabinet Secretary Dr. Julius Ogamba, representing President William Ruto, also outlined the government’s education priorities for the 2026/27 financial year.

Muturi said the latest promotions build on the government’s recruitment of 100,000 teachers and promotion of 270,000 others over the past three years.

“To the teachers of the whole country, because of the pragmatic leadership of His Excellency the President, the government has been able to employ 100,000 teachers. The government has been able to promote 270,000 teachers. And next week we are advertising the promotion of over 34,000 teachers,” he said.

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He added that funding had also been allocated to absorb 20,000 JSS teachers on permanent and pensionable terms.

“The government also has set aside money to convert 20,000 JSS teachers to permanent and pensionable terms. So this is all meant to ensure that the teachers are motivated, because when you have a motivated teacher, we will have a motivated learner, and the students will perform well,” he said.

In a speech delivered on behalf of President Ruto, Ogamba announced that the government had allocated Sh784.5 billion to the education sector in the 2026/27 financial year, the largest allocation in the national budget.

He said the funding will support continued implementation of the Competency-Based Education (CBE) curriculum, expansion of digital learning infrastructure and equipping learners with skills aligned to the government’s Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA).

The Cabinet Secretary also addressed the recent wave of unrest in schools, saying the Ministry of Education was investigating the causes of the incidents while calling for stronger parental involvement in raising children.

He said closer collaboration between schools, parents and communities would be critical in addressing the challenges affecting learners.

📰 Source: Capital FM Kenya